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I've just upgraded to a.....
HTC Desire HD!
![]() Never had a HTC, heard good things about them. I really wanted the iPhone 4 but not in a position to afford the £141 at the moment. Any good/bad comments about it? Any appreciated ![]() ps It arrives on Monday *bites nails* |
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HTC are probably one of the best manufacturers when it comes to android phones, if not the best, and the desire HD does look pretty good from what I've seen of it. What was your previous phone?
I have an iPhone 4 and have been very happy with it but it can be very expensive on some networks or tariffs (cheapest I've seen is 3 who will let you have it for £69 on a £35 two year contract) |
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Battery life on the Desire HD isn't great, but then the same can be said for most modern smartphones. In terms of hardware, it is one of the most solid, sturdy, and attractive phones out there, plus it's lightning quick. Software-wise, HTC Sense is the only UI layer worth having really, it looks good and doesn't get in the way. Overall, I'd say it's a great choice of phone, possibly even good enough to say that the iPhone premium isn't justified anymore.
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HTC are probably one of the best manufacturers when it comes to android phones, if not the best, and the desire HD does look pretty good from what I've seen of it. What was your previous phone?
I have an iPhone 4 and have been very happy with it but it can be very expensive on some networks or tariffs (cheapest I've seen is 3 who will let you have it for £69 on a £35 two year contract) ![]() I've been to gsmarena, the ratings were good. I currently have BB Curve 8900, which is still ok but I fancy something different and my contract is up next month. My husband has the iPhone 4 and I love the apps on it. It has the be o2 and it's the only network I love and it works pretty damn good for me. |
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Battery life on the Desire HD isn't great, but then the same can be said for most modern smartphones. In terms of hardware, it is one of the most solid, sturdy, and attractive phones out there, plus it's lightning quick. Software-wise, HTC Sense is the only UI layer worth having really, it looks good and doesn't get in the way. Overall, I'd say it's a great choice of phone, possibly even good enough to say that the iPhone premium isn't justified anymore.
I've read good reviews but it's always better to interact with someone on a forum to get their views.
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Hi Dave
![]() I've been to gsmarena, the ratings were good. I currently have BB Curve 8900, which is still ok but I fancy something different and my contract is up next month. My husband has the iPhone 4 and I love the apps on it. It has the be o2 and it's the only network I love and it works pretty damn good for me. Only advice with android would be to watch your data use especially if you have a few things set to sync in the background. When I tried android for a few months with the SE X10 my data use sky rocketed from under 100MB a month on my iPhone to over 2GB. I believe blackberry compress data so you may see an increase in your use on android like I did and this may put you over O2's data caps |
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I just got rid of my iphone to get a HD, and I could never go back. The battery is possibly the only thing that lets it down, but once I got used to the andoid operating system and started to have a fiddle, you start to learn what you can do to save battery drain. Things like having twitter and facebook auto update in the background. Well I turned those off because I tend to load the app to read the updates so the background updating served no purpose. Im now getting decent life out of my battery and I dont think Ill ever consider going back to an iphone. Id say Apple IOS is probably a bit more polished, Android being a bit of a rough diamond, but the HTC Sense theme I think is great, and I like the way you can customise absolutely everything. Ive had it about 4 weeks now and Im still finding new toys to play with and the more I get to know it, the more Im enjoying it.
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My iPhone 4 is on O2 though I'm seriously considering 3 when the next iPhone is released
Only advice with android would be to watch your data use especially if you have a few things set to sync in the background. When I tried android for a few months with the SE X10 my data use sky rocketed from under 100MB a month on my iPhone to over 2GB. I believe blackberry compress data so you may see an increase in your use on android like I did and this may put you over O2's data caps
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that's why you join giffgaff and don't worry about data or extra charges...
![]() I've got an HTC HD7 on giffgaff but if the Samsung Omnia 7 on the One Plan with 3 had been cheaper e.g. £25 a month for two years rather than £35, I would have gone with them. 3 also allow tethering and personal hotspots but giffgaff don't. |
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that's why you join giffgaff and don't worry about data or extra charges...
![]() AFFILIATE LINK REMOVED FROM QUOTE Also the OP has just taken out a new contract on O2 so is unlikely to be in position to switch to a different network |
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From what I've read that won't be the case forever as giffgaff are struggling to cope with it
Also the OP has just taken out a new contract on O2 so is unlikely to be in position to switch to a different network I don't what a giffygaffy is, so I doubt very much I would even use it. Phone comes tomorrow....whoop!! |
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Giffgaff is a virtual network that actually piggybacks onto O2. They only offer a PAYG tariff though. They also pay people for referring others onto their network which a few people seem to think gives them an excuse to spam referral links for giffgaff on discussion forums in breach of the rules for advertising
Their tariffs are good but they are getting hammered by people abusing things like unlimited data so can't see them lasting too much longer without enforcing a fair use policy I've been with O2 for 3 years but am considering a change when the next iPhone comes out |
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Good news - phone arrived!
![]() Bad news - I broke a piece trying to get battery cover off! Phone goes back to shop tomorrow!! ![]() ![]()
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Battery life on the Desire HD isn't great, but then the same can be said for most modern smartphones. In terms of hardware, it is one of the most solid, sturdy, and attractive phones out there, plus it's lightning quick. Software-wise, HTC Sense is the only UI layer worth having really, it looks good and doesn't get in the way. Overall, I'd say it's a great choice of phone, possibly even good enough to say that the iPhone premium isn't justified anymore.
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I get three days out of mine - I just followed the HTC instructions on their support forum.
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My iPhone 4 is on O2 though I'm seriously considering 3 when the next iPhone is released
Only advice with android would be to watch your data use especially if you have a few things set to sync in the background. When I tried android for a few months with the SE X10 my data use sky rocketed from under 100MB a month on my iPhone to over 2GB. I believe blackberry compress data so you may see an increase in your use on android like I did and this may put you over O2's data caps You either had some app in the background that was always downloading when it shouldn't or were streaming data like an audio/video feed a lot. |
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I have the desire HD. It is an excellent phone, you wont regret getting the phone.
the HTC Sense UI is pretty good, but there are better ones that you can get. However for this you have to have a rooted phone. As others have said battery life is a bit poor. You have to charge it every night, when for me is no great hardship - and is probably the norm for all/most smartphones. I do get a full days use out if it though. You can also download apps that will save battery life. Remember when you get the phone, you go through several full charge to full discharge cycles. Do this around 7 times, and you will see the battery life increase. Bad luck with breaking it, not ideal -- Get the husband to change the battery next time
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I have the desire HD. It is an excellent phone, you wont regret getting the phone.
the HTC Sense UI is pretty good, but there are better ones that you can get. However for this you have to have a rooted phone. As others have said battery life is a bit poor. You have to charge it every night, when for me is no great hardship - and is probably the norm for all/most smartphones. I do get a full days use out if it though. You can also download apps that will save battery life. Remember when you get the phone, you go through several full charge to full discharge cycles. Do this around 7 times, and you will see the battery life increase. Bad luck with breaking it, not ideal -- Get the husband to change the battery next time ![]() ![]() There's a little metal strip next to the battery flap, it slipped out, I slipped it back in, and I kind of bent to hard hard and it snapped in half! ![]() Anyway, got another new phone, my brain is a bit frazzled to figure it all out but it is exciting!
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that's why you join giffgaff and don't worry about data or extra charges...
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I'm tempted to get the HTC Desire HD on 3. THeir One Plan seems very good value and it's currently £106 cashback with Quidco! I need desperately to get rid of this god awful Nokia N97mini. I am sorely tempted to get the 3 one now, even though I still have 1 month on vodafone contract.
The battery life reviews have put me off the HD but as someone said above. you can get more life out of it by following some usage advices.... someone make my mind up for me and tell me what to do! lol |
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I'm tempted to get the HTC Desire HD on 3. THeir One Plan seems very good value and it's currently £106 cashback with Quidco! I need desperately to get rid of this god awful Nokia N97mini. I am sorely tempted to get the 3 one now, even though I still have 1 month on vodafone contract.
The battery life reviews have put me off the HD but as someone said above. you can get more life out of it by following some usage advices.... someone make my mind up for me and tell me what to do! lol |
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I just want to point out that this isn't normal! I currently have a HTC Hero. I surf the web every day while commuting, use Facebook every hour or so on it and also often download Apps from the Marketplace. Yet I'm on average using about 300MB a month in data.
You either had some app in the background that was always downloading when it shouldn't or were streaming data like an audio/video feed a lot. Plus if I recall correctly the wifi had a tendency to sleep when the phone was sleeping even if I told it not to meaning a lot of the background stuff like email was being done over 3G even when in range of my home wifi These are exclusively issues with the X10 which certainly wasn't the greatest android phone ever released though but I have heard of people having increased data use with other phones running android |
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I'm tempted to get the HTC Desire HD on 3. THeir One Plan seems very good value and it's currently £106 cashback with Quidco! I need desperately to get rid of this god awful Nokia N97mini. I am sorely tempted to get the 3 one now, even though I still have 1 month on vodafone contract.
The battery life reviews have put me off the HD but as someone said above. you can get more life out of it by following some usage advices.... someone make my mind up for me and tell me what to do! lol You can also get apps, that once you hit your internet allowance, it will disable the 3G network, thus ensuring you never go over. The apps will then re-enable the 3G network once your new billing month starts. |
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3 is better
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i thought that Untill they turned 2g off and left me with no signal at work or on 50% of my journey to and from work
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